Global Protect Agent: Incorrect privilege assignment allows local privilege escalation
CVE-2020-1989

7HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Palo Alto Networks
Status
Global Protect Agent
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 April 2020

What is CVE-2020-1989?

An incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability when writing application-specific files in the Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux on ARM platform allows a local authenticated user to gain root privileges on the system. This issue affects Palo Alto Networks Global Protect Agent for Linux 5.0 versions before 5.0.8; 5.1 versions before 5.1.1.

Affected Version(s)

Global Protect Agent Linux ARM 5.0 < 5.0.8

Global Protect Agent Linux ARM 5.1 < 5.1.1

References

https://security.paloaltonetworks.com/CVE-2020-1989
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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